The Berlin Wall on the night of Nov. 9, 1989. It wasn't artillery that brought it down but the soft power of Western values. (Robert Wallis / Corbis / Getty Images) Power is the ability to get others ...

The Cheshire Cat’s vanishing smile in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a trick whereby the cat fades away ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Latham, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) “The strong do what they will, ...

"The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must." So wrote Thucydides in the "History of the Peloponnesian War," and the Greek historian's cold-eyed observation still holds. But in today ...

Hard power uses material assets to compel and coerce others to bow to your will. War is not necessarily required; threats backed by economic and military assets may suffice to change how others behave ...

The erosion of American soft power, now accelerated by the hollowing out of foreign aid and Washington’s turn to protectionism, marks a retreat from the global influence the United States once wielded ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO, author of forthcoming book SMART POWER & host of POWER PLAY pod. JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 17: American flags are ...

Earlier this month the United Kingdom government launched an inquiry into the country’s soft power – that is, its tools of attraction and cultural influence. Soft power is an elusive form of influence ...

Matthew Clary is affiliated with the American Political Science Association (APSA), the International Studies Association (ISA), the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), the College Board, ...

Power is the ability to get others to do what you want. That can be accomplished by coercion (“sticks”), payment (“carrots”) or attraction (“honey”). The first two methods are forms of hard power; ...